Horseshoe-creeper.



P. F. & M. S. JACOBS.

HORSESHOB GREEPER.

APPLKOATIQN FILED 00T. 1B, 1913,'

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UNITED sTATns raTnivT entren.

FRANK F. JACOBS .AND MINNIE S. JACOBS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDNA.

HORSESHOE-CREEPER.

Specification or' Letters Patent. Application led October 18, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11, 191ML. Serial No. 796,025.

To all whom it may concern e it known that we, `FRANK F. Jacons and MINNIE S. JACOBS, citizens'of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l-Iorseshoe-Creepers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in` horseshoe ice Creepers and the object of the invention is to provide a device which can be quickly and easily applied to ahorseshoe in slippery weather and which will be capable of anchorage and attachment to the inner edges of the shoe without requiring any special construction ofthe shoe proper for this purpose.

The invention consistsin the novel construction which will be hereinafter fully set forth in the specification and particularly pointed out as to novel features in the claims. v

,l/Ve accomplish the objects of Vour invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view, the nut on one side of the ice Creeper bengremoved in Fig. 2 and the head of the same bolt being removed in Fig. 1, in order to show the underlying parts'and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3*?) of Fig. l.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

In the drawings t represents the shoe and 5 and 6 tread? sections which are applied vto the under sides of the shoe, in direct contact with the latter. These tread sections have the usual sockets in bosses 7 in which removable calks S are held. The tread sections 5 and G are provided intermediate of their ends with integrally formed, inwardly projecting tongues 9 and 10which are long enough to overlap when in use. The overlapped ends of the tongues 9 and 10` are each provided with registering slots 11, through which a bolt 12 is passed, and by which bolt the two tongues are fastened together. The contacting faces of the tongues 9 and 10 are notched transversely to form interlocking serrations or teeth which will prevent a relative swinging or twisting movement of the tongues upon each other when said tongues are brought into close contact by bolt 12. The tongues 9 and 10 are odset `and 6 on the shoes.

creeper on the shoe.

tions o and 6 at their junction with their respective tongues 9 and 10, so as to expose a portion of the shoe therethrough. This exposed portion of the shoe, being substantially on the same level or in the same plane as the adjacent under face of the tongue, forms with the latter a seat for the nut of a clamping bolt 13. A slot 14, Aextending longitudinally of each tongue 9 and 10 is formed through said tongues for the bolts 13 to pass through. Slots are provided instead of round holes in order to allow for the lateral adjustment of the tread plates 5 The bolts 18 are provided with expanded heads 15, curved on their outer surface and :fiat on their inner faces, thereby adapting them to be readily inserted in the space between the face of the horseshoe and the anmals hoof, caused by the natural concavity of the hoof. The head 15 is supported on the other side of the bolt from the shoe by a lug 16 formed integrally from the tongue which supports it. The face of the lug toward the middle of the hoof is flat and substantially at right angles to the adjacent face of the tongue, and the head 15 of the bolt 13 is bent down against this Hat face which aids in drawing the parts together and prevents the rotation of the bolt when the nut 15 on its other end is turned in tightening or loosening the ice Preferably a split washer 16', acting as a lock nut, will be introduced between the nut 15 and horseshoe and tongue.

The tread pieces 5 and 6 may be provided with upwardly projecting clips 17 (shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2) ei:- tending up against the outer sides o`4 the hoof, but these are not necessarily employed.

Having thus fully described our invention what we claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a` horseshoe Creeper, the combination of a pair of tiead plates contacting the bottoms of opposite members of the slice, a tongue integral with each tread-plate extending inwardly therefrom and lapping each other, a bolt securing the lapped tongues together, other bolts one for each tongue passing through the tongue close to the shoe and having a head the outer Vouter sides of which Contact integral with wardly therefrom and lapping each other, a bolt securing the lapped tongues together, a bolt for each tongue passing through the tongue close to the shoe, each off said last bolts having heads the outer sides of which Contact with the adj aeent thereto, a nut on the lower threaded end ofA each of said last bolts extending under both tongue and shoe, said tongues being offset from the tread plates to bring their lower faces in the plane with the bottoni of the shoe, said tread pieces being out away at their junction withV the tongues above lsaid nuts, a flange for each tongueV integral with the respective tongues and extending up to supportthe bolt heads on the other sides of their bolts from theirsupporting shoe members, said flanges having inner flat sides and said bolt heads being bent down against said flat sides.

ln witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at ana, this 9th dayof October, A. D. one

side of which contacts with the top of the shoe, a nut on the lower threaded end of the bolt extending under both tongue and shoe, said tongues being ofl'set from the tread-pieces to bring their lower faces even with the bottom of the shoe, said treadpieces being out away at their junction with the tongues above said nut.

2. ln a horseshoe Creeper the combination of a pair of' tread plates contacting the bottom `of opposite members of the shoe, tongues integral with each tread plate eX- tending inwardly therefrom and lapping eaeh other', a bolt securing the lapped tongues together, other' bolts, one for each tongue passing through the tongue close to the shoe .said other'bolts having heads `the with the adjacent top of the shoe, a nut on the lower threaded ends of said last bolts extending under both .tongue and shoe and a flange. integral `with the -tongue extending up to support the headson the other sides of the bolts from their respective adjacent shoe portions said flanges having inner flat sides and said bolt thousand nine hundred and thirteen. heads being bent down against said flat FRANK F. J AOOBS. [n s] sides. `MINNIE S. JACOBS.

Vitnesses F. lV. VOERNER, L. `B. WOERNER.

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